Organizer: Google + i-Materialise Location: Bridge for Emerging Contemproary Art – NM, USA Status: Competition Win + Completed 2010 Responsibilities: Digital Design and Visualization Fabrication: Materialise VOVA_Lamp_Description: The initial driving mission of the VOVA Lamp was to push the boundaries of the selective laser sintering 3D printing technology. This allowed the VOVA lamp’s concept to be feasibly driven and developed using a minimal surface tiling algorithm optimizing the object’s form and the lamp’s function. Once a base module was formulated, the geometry was tiled radially 10 times and resulted in a continuous flow of material. The design, shadow, and […]

Osteo Augmentation Winning Competition with Ben Klein Blending cutting edge technology and biomimetics, Osteo Augmentation is the next step in custom implants for cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. Through the application of 3D printing and advanced computer-aided design, Osteo Augmentation provides rapid turnaround of patient specific, anatomically accurate nasal and craniofacial structures. The cellular structure of the device was designed to allow ingrowth of bone as well as to allow tuning of the implant’s stiffness. In addition, this structure provides the surgeon with many locations to anchor tissues with suture during reconstructive surgery. Osteo Augmentation highlights the power of 3D printing in producing complex […]

Nightclub & Bar 2012 Ultra-Lounge of the Year Darby Downstairs NYC Darby Downstairs, a 1,400-square-foot nightlife venture from Butter Group’s Richie Akiva, Scott Sartiano and Ronnie Madra, opened its doors in Spring 2011. Darby Downstairs is more than just a subterranean sister to neighboring eatery, The Darby Restaurant. The basement-level cocktail lounge with a speakeasy sensibility is adorned in brown leather banquets and a gold lacquer honey-comb cage that spans the room’s walls, ceiling and lacquered oak bar. Here, Executive Chef Alexandra Guarnaschelli showcases another set of tools in her culinary arsenal with a delectable light fares menu that includes […]

Commissioned project – Development of land next to Secaucus Junction Station, NJ. Secaucus 15x is a mixed use residential, retail, and hotel. It’s location is ideally located next to Met Life Stadium and New York City. This is part of a plan to have a facility ready for Super Bowl XLVIII. The project is on going. Responsibilites: Full Concept Commission – Design and Rendering Program: Mixed use / Hotel Location: Secaucus, New Jersey Client: NYDesign Architects SIZE: 25,000 sq. m DATE: 2013 – Ongoing Team: Zach Hines – Kevin Loftus 0 likes

Type: Commercial – Nightclub Location: 50 Gansevoort NYC, New York, 10013 Client: DownTown LLC Building status: built in 2009 Number of floors: 2 Site size: 3500 sqft Site type: urban Budget total: 1500000 USD Responsibilities: Concept Development, 3D Bim Modeling, Rendering / Visualization A DECADENT ESCAPE Griffin is an upscale cocktail lounge inspired by the Gilded Age of the late 19th century. We aim to recapture the splendours of a sophisticated night out by providing guests with impeccable service in an opulent setting. Griffin plays host to a worldly mix of celebrities, artists, designers, and well-heeled patrons looking for a hip crowd […]

Sheikh Khalifa Bridge Monument Saadiyat Island, UAE Sheikh Khalifa Bridge Monument: Gateway To Saadiyat Island The scheme draws inspiration from the spectacular falcons in the UAE region and incorporate elements from the local tradition of architectural pattern-making and rich tradition of tent structures. These influences, in combination with the use of state-of-the art architectural technologies, create a more dynamic and refined design proposal. Facade The Sheikh Khalifa Bridge facade design takes inspiration from the falcon’s wings and local traditional architecture and pattern making. The diamond stainless steel mesh panels which clad the shell’s surface expand and contract with the changing […]

Responsibilities: Façade Design, Façade and Structural Parametric Modeling, 3D Visualization, 3D Modeling, Physical Modeling. LOCATION: Kaohsiung, Taiwan SIZE: 40,000 sq. m. DATE: 2010 The new Kaohsiung Marine Gateway Terminal designed by Asymptote is a new state of the art transportation interchange, an urban destination with both terminal and public facilities including exhibition and event spaces for the people of Kaohsiung as well as for national and international visitors. The project transforms the site from its industrial roots into a dynamic urban hub and a global gateway that bring a powerful and electric experience to the city 24 hours a day. […]

Azzano San Paolo Retail, Hotel and Convention Center Bergamo, Italy Adjacent to the Bergamo International Airport there in Azzano San Paolo, Asymptote has designed a mixed-use project that comprises of a new luxury shopping center, a new 300-room hotel, two midsized office towers, a mixed-use entertainment facility and a body augmentation health clinic. The proposal calls for an active cultural and commercial destination located on the periphery of the City of Bergamo and connected physically to the adjacent international airport. The entire complex of 120,000sqm builds on the expansive exposure of the site from the vantage point of vehicles traveling […]

The Sheikh Zayed Dubai Pearl Podium Development Dubai, UAE Asymptote’s design for the Sheikh Zayed Dubai Pearl Podium Development proposes a combination of powerful architectural elements intelligently situated and efficiently planned to create a vibrant vital and significant urban, retail and cultural experience. The scheme deliberately targets the sophisticated and refined sensibilities and taste of its complex users and visitors. The Dubai Pearl Podium is designed to complement the existing tower construction with a visually compelling and harmonious composition of buildings and environs which serves as much to highlight the iconic nature of the existing construction as it does to […]

Urban Revitalization Master Plan and Building Complex Ghent, Belgium In the Middle Age Ghent to become one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe. Today the waterfront areas of Ghent are places where people gather to socialize, attend festivals or simply enjoy the relaxing nature of the water that gently meanders through the city. The new SOFA master plan proposes that landscape is not implemented as a picturesque addition to the site but rather developed as a crucial element in the successful activation and experiential qualities of the project. The new landscape strategy draws inspiration from the network […]

Year 2008 Location Beijing, China Typology Art Gallery, Hotel Site Area 6,300 sqm Building Area 46,000sqm Status Design in-progress Responsibilities – Project Management, Concept Design, Diagrams, Rendering, 3D Modeling Old Beijing is composed of Hutongs, closely woven districts of communal courtyard homes. The basic elements of these districts are one-storey buildings, that, repeated at dense scales, result in unique geometric patterns. However, this traditional urban fabric is increasingly under threat as entire neighborhoods are forced to make way for the larger, monumental modern architecture of Beijing today. The site of this project presents this issue in microcosm. Located near the heart […]

Responsibilities: Design, 3D Modeling, Fabrication Modeling, Construction Coordination, Construction. American House 08, is the first in a series of ten prefabricated houses designed and constructed by William E. Massie — the award-winning Architect-in-Residence and Head of the Architecture Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. American House 08 embodies Massie’s drastically divergent practice from traditional architecture through his use of computer-based fabrication technology for efficient, precise, and customized fabrication. Constructed entirely within the architect’s 12,000 square-foot studio just minutes away from the historic Saarinen-designed Cranbrook campus, American House 08 was designed, in part, at full scale. By composing in real-time, Massie is […]

This board and t-shirt was designed for Nightmare Development, and Threadless.com. The pattern is based of an advanced parametric patterning and with gradient fades that move from the solid filleted boxes in the center to outlines on the perimeter. I really emphasized the center illusion of the board because it felt like “The Abyss”. The shirt was designed as if the board stomped a landing and didn’t look back. A fun design project… results are still coming back but it looks like I ranked top 20 out of 300 designs 0 likes

TITLE: Asymptote Architecture: Actualizations FORMAT: Hardcover, 324 pages PUBLISHER: AADCU LANGUAGE: English ISBN-10: 7560955991 ISBN-13: 978-7560955995 DIMENSIONS: 10.5 x 8.7 x 1.3 inches Asymptote Architecture’s newest monograph, Asymptote Architecture: Actualizations follows on the heels of the completion of the widely acclaimed Yas Hotel. Actualizations features seventeen of Asymptote’s latest projects, some of which are published here for the first time. It also highlights a very important transition in Asymptote’s architectural practice, including the construction and completion of several recent and dramatic architectural projects. Actualizations is divided into five sections, or “portals,” which group the projects thematically and address specific themes that inspire the […]

What if we could solve the individual and collective problems of transportation as it exists today, and at the same time go far beyond current experiences and expectations? What if we could combine the convenience and speed of flying with the intimacy of a cruise ship? The proposal is the Megatrain. It is an attractive and viable solution for airline passengers and truck freight across the United States of America. Airline and truck freight represent the majority of continental travel in the United States. These two forms of travel affect the passenger on an individual level and our culture on […]

ICE_CRYSTAL Client: mbarchitects The Forks Inforks.com Location: Manitoba, Canada Status: Compeition Site size 600 sqft Site type public Building area 400 sqft Budget total 12,000 USD Type Public – Park Responsibilities: Complete Project Description: After reviewing the site and the city of Winnipeg, it has become blatantly apparent that the Assiniboine River provides a backbone to the region. With a total of 18,279,425 Square Meters of recreational land in this district the Assiniboine River accounts for just under 10% of that total. This urban connector allows one to travel across the city in a “corridor” that is accented by nature, […]

Background Focused on Shanghai’s at risk urban periphery. Time was spent, locally and remotely, developing a body of research for Feng Xian, Shanghai, and successfully cultivating resources and relationships with academics, municipality leaders, and local officials. Underpinned by this analysis, the final thesis addressed the various built interventions that could be deployed from a highly analytic parametric model, effectively enabling Shanghai’s historically relevant towns to integrate modern, technology-rich, urban infrastructure, while still maintaining contextual relevancy. Project This at risk periphery is located in Shanghai, China at the merger of an old and new city and it reveals many questions which […]